Cabinet for phonograph-records.



G. B. SHAFFER. CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS. APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 1, 1908.

Patented June 16, 1914.

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G. B. SHAFFER.

CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS.

APPLIGATION FILED 001`.1, 1908.

Patented June 1.6, E914.

Los iigelerif'h the County of Los Angeles 4 1 ,/f'rids, of which lh@ iollowing 1s a specificainnemen )ami umile-i 1',

To all whom it may concefivi Be it known that L. @MME B. Simifmi., a. ciizen of 'tho/United States, residing at @mi St: ie of yCalifoi'nia, have invented a how mid/Useful Cahmei; for Phonographleo ion.

An ohiect of this invention 1S opiovide means ioi conveniently .and compactljv Storphmiogriiph-iecords. anni io make Said iei'zorclS emiily :ic/c@ ile to the zittiaodoii.

ln carrying out-iiiis-in\-eution further ohj; s and advantages attained, among' whioi may he enun'ieiacecl noisoless means for '.ioving the recoril ing-ide the. cahioe to from storing" position. anni to bri* g the rec-owls into posiion im i'emoizil hy ih@ atenan; spacing She recoidsi apiiit :it the mation where they are a'ccesfeihlo to the zxv te (hint ami holding hcm Close lxig'johei wihoiit lizihiiitjv of Lhoir liisiiig knocked 1 againt on@ 2 iohcr Lwhile hejv are in sito? ing posiioifi, hils economizing space where mrpiirml and giving fioierlom of movomii; to l'ho altendmit without, iiahility-of jai'omiiig ai striking the i'eyfrzi'ils together' in 'Lho op- :tion of iex'novingj nml i'oplmginf the sumo:

no .ing ih@ remi-ds stuioimi'y zihll timos il 3d; providing for convenient indexing.

:mo o provide moans for holding the ihilox Convenient for mspertion when the i'iaczoido are s ossiolif; zilo to milko 'provision for 1 -m l v, oolch tho phonograph convementiy naar tho iii-[ico Whore die recods ae iwf' SSihlQ. :nifl io provide for storing hows; unil other opplizmcie .find othoi'r'atmchmenis for zi phono won.

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a. oi muy 'oo i .il am 1 simctimi sh@ shown iii. son* Figure l is mi eifsvaion of a phonograph cabinet embodying this invention. parti) shown in position, whim th@ phono .(ziph is iwf; in use, imi fr-ho records and hf hom am Sioiocl om oli' tho y of dosi: ai. (longer of injury. Th@ mibinet -is vieWo-d. 'ioii'i the aide which lie opemoi or: Fuif teiir'lfm will sional while o'wrating h@ pho nofljizlph. The cahiiiobwal is liroliozi io am pf interim' parts. l vier" from. the eit of Fig. l. oimttiif ai recom] on iii@ holiie-i. li* i i is a sociiomil detail of the same holder when the recoin?. ifs i'omfoxi. iig. is i i'i'ziggnimitaiy detail of 'pzii's showin in owtcf iiriof iii the um of 'iioii oi Fig. illilSU-ain f the brok@ o' holiiiiig the wool-i only when mfpziieil and nilowio 'mi o he i'iui. @d ooiselossljv mi zimiiily. is a l'mwniiiltriijv' (loziii phm omi Qi' means foi' comiori ilus. mil-heli. i Y detail of the tension devico mil Vallei for the roof:ircllielt.l lf. f) is :i ifafgmentai'y, ses* oiial flotziil :i ciichto holcl lle iop 5.11 tion. of? lo? i'oi':o1' i-f:hamine? iii place. iid allow iis removal. 'him it iltesa red to gain access; 'to 'die ihlfiie oi the 'eci'iid-chumhei. Fig. 1G if; :i plm! illustrating; he me of metallic slats. Fig 'il is :i vwoiticol cross-se@ tion on lline l0. and illustiaing tho use of .short records on long holders. Fig. l is un @nil @ley-ation of lie pair'S shown io ig. if). Fig. Ti :i diagrammatic ienhil do ziziou of the zow ris heilig me ugo o: .zi

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holder. Fig. 1T is an inside elevation of the `catch for holdingthe records in place in the holder. the holdei` being broken away. Fig. t8 is a vertical sectional elevation analogous to Fig. 1l and showing flat metallic slats and metallic hinges, and operating upon an octagonal roller. Y

l designates the main body of the case of the cabinet, square or rectangular in plan. and of any desired height.

2 designates a flat top 'for a part of the cabinet that forms a stand for the phonograph-case 3, and constituting, underneath saidiiat top. a receptacle in the fornrof a cupboard designed to store the phonographhorn astood on end. vThe other part ot' the cabinet is open at the topand is designed to receive and store phonograph-records 5, and is closed by a cap that is preferably seiui-cyliiulrieal and is held in place by a snap 7.

8 is a shaft jonrnaled in the ends of the cabinet eoaxially with lthe cap, and carryinga roller El mounted in a horizontal position within the cabinet. and provided with a crank lOto rotate the roller y ll. indicates a counter-shaft mounted lorsely in slots 1Q upon the inner 'faces of the ends ot' the cabinet in parallelism with the crank-shaft 8, and carrying a horizontal roller 13.

`A belt '1.4 that may be of canvas or other suitable material, made in one or more, preferably two, bands, is earricd by the rollers 9 and 1.3. The ends of each band of said belt are detachably connected together by hooks` 15. lt?, and lareniovable pin 17.

18 indicates rctractile coil springs conreeted by yes lf) at their upper ends with the ends of the shaft ll, and b v turnbuckles 20, 21 at their lower ends with the bottom of the cabinet. The tension of said springs is'exerted to stretch the belt and hold it tightly upon the rollers. Slats 22 are secured. as b v rivets a, to the beltlfi in parallelism with each other and with the rollers. They may be arranged clos'etogether and may be suiiicient in number to nearly -cover the belt from end to end, leaving slight interspaces between `the slats. In the ease of cylindrical rollers the inner facesof the slats may be concaved so that' the belt willpass smoothly around the rollers, and one or more phonograph recordholders may be secured to each of the slats. This construction is of great importance for the reason that the belt lll-and consequently the record-holders b Will always be automatically maintained in the same vertical alinement from roller 9 to roller 13 and under sutiicient tension to keep the per.

and extending from end to end thereof. Each of said holders may comprise a circular head 2st secured t0 the slat 22 upon, and of less diameter than the width of the felt so that the felt projects beyond the head to form a cushion upon which the record may come to rest; a cylinder 25 of cardboard or other material secured tothe head; a second head 2G secured in the outer end of the cylinder; a record supporting and displacing spring 27 secured to the upper face of the inner head 24 and extending outwardly away from the belt to be pressed in toward the belt by the record and to return the record outward; and a springsnap 2S secured to the inner face of the cylinder and extending upwardly and outwardly and provided at the outer end with a knob or roll e to hold the record in place; the free end of said spring Q8 operating through a slot in the cylinder 25 and an opening in vthe head 26, and the free end of the spring 27 operating through a`slot in the cylinder 25, and the outer endof the spring 2S being in: the form of a knob, roll or hock e to hold the'record in place while the tension of the spring 27 serves to press the record tightly against the knob c to prevent rattling. The spring 28 may be secured to theiinner face ot the cylinder by any suitable means as a staple d and a reinforcement 29, the latter `being glued to the cylinder.

An opening e and a hinged lid 30 therefore provide access to therecords through the-cap 6. By yturning the crank 10, any desired record may be brought into position to be removed through the opening. The outer faces ofthe slats vbetween the rollers are parallel with the plane of the axes of the rollers, thus holding the holders and their records axially horizontal. As the belt revolves the Slat-facesassume variant angles and thereby carry the vrecord-holders and their records axially radial relative to the adjacent roller, so that the outer endsof. the records are separated as shown in dotted lines in Fig. land in solidlinesin Fig. 6. `AThe records ma be marked for identiication upon the hea s 26 of the record-holders.

A lever 31 is secured to the inner face of the endy of thecap 6 by a pivot 32, and is operated by a spring 33 to force toward the belt a bar 34 pivoted to the lever and provided at the ends withtrollers 35 that engage opposed slatedges to yieldingly hold the' slats at determined positions., Preferably .the bar spans one slat and the rollers 35 are positioned such a distance apart that they will Vfit in spaces between the ends of the slats, as shown in Fig. 6,`and to serve as brakes .to hold the belt still and the holders steady when it is desired to remove or replace-a record.y

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Disk-rollers 36 are mounted upon the inner faces of the ends of the cabinet in position to engage the outer faces of the ends of the slats, and cushioned rollers 37 are mounted uplon levers "38 in opposition to rollers 36, t ere being retractile coil springs 39 to press' the rollers 37 yieldingly against the slats opposite therollers'36; thus constitutin res1lient automatic means to steady the loa of records and prevent lswaying or rattling.

From the foregoing it is now clear that the springs 18, rollers 37, levers 38 and Springs 39 coperate and constitute means acting to prevent lateral vibration of the belt 14 so as to hold the record-.holders b substantially in true parallelism to one another so that said record-holders Vmay be arranged very close together to economize space and so that there will be no danger of the records knocking against one another and thereby crackin and breaking them.

I wis to call special attention to the belt or belts` preferably two, mounted upon rollers and the` record-holders carried by the belts, said holders being adapted to receive,V lhold and carry thelrecords without injury,

and ,also to the means of identifying the records.

l Numbered indexes 40 are placed upon the inside of the lid in convenient position, and corresponding numbers, as f, are placed upon the record-holders.

When it is' desired to remove a record, the lid'BO is opened, the handle 10 operated to bring the desired'record into vertical position above the roller 9, the rows of records on each side of this row standing at tangents so'as to allow easy access to the desired 'reeord. Then the handle 'c is pressed to retract the spring 28, the spring 27 presses the record outwardly, and the record is manually removed.` As the roller 10 is operated, the tension of the springs 18"holds the .belts straight and tight so that the records intermediate the rollers vstand at substantially right anglesrto the belts.

For cheapnessand convenience of manufacture the rollers may be made of Wooden bodies with friction faces 41 formed of strips of canvas'fastened around the rollers to prevent the belts from slipping.l

The details of the index are shown in Figs. 13 and 14. Strips 41 are pasted tothe backboard 42 suitable distances apart to form v spacing-blocks, and the clamping-strips 43- are pasted to the stripsfll so as to form guides to receive the index-sheets 44 so that the sheets 4A may be removed, typewriter and have the desire nanies or numbers printed or written for identifying records; and when the records are change these sheets may be removed and new sheets inserted or new names and numbers added laced in a Y In the construction shown in Figs. 10, 11 and 12, the metallic slats comprise the body portions/15 and the ways 4G and 47; said ways being formed by folding the edges of the slats upwardly and inwardly, and the body-portion being concavo-conveY in crosssection to tit the curvatureot" the rollers. Thel holders are adapted for this torni of metallic Slat byv attaching the blocks 24: to square projecting bases 25 so that the bases will slide into the ways 4G and 47. A clamping-plate 48 is placed against the lower 'tace of the belt 49 and secured to the slabbody 45 by rivets 50. The cylinders 2:3 are secured to the blocks 24 already described. ik

latch-opening 51 may be formed in veach long cylinder 25, and a filler-cylinder 52 is provided with a catch 53, and said filler may be placed upon'the cylinder 25 with the catch engaging in the latch-opening 51 and then a short. record 54 may be placed upoxr the holder. When a long record is to be placed upon the holder the filler is re- 'mo\'ed. Blocks 55 are placed in the ends cte Athe ways 46 and 47 at one end of each slat to close' the ways and form a stop against which the bases 24. are pressed, and these blocks serve as a steadying meanslto receive the rollers 35 and hold the records steady.

In the construction shown in Fig. 18 the slats are flat to fit the faces ot the octagonal roller 55', and the clan'iping-plates' 4S are v extended beyond the vways 46 and 47, and said clamping-plates are secured together by wire-lacing 56 to form a belt to tit the roller Teeth 57 are pressed downwardly from `the plates 48 to engage in openings in the roller 55 so as to avoid any tendency of the metallic belt to slip.

ln the construction shown in Figs. 15, 16 and 17 the edges of the metallic slat l5 are turned upwardlya considerable. distance and then over toward each other to produce enlarged ways 59 and 60, and the holdersl 61 are made to receive the records inside of the holders instead of outside; and the holders are notched on opposite sides to receive the inwardly-turned iianges of ways 59 and 60, there being blocks (52 at the ends of the ways. A. iller 63 may be placed in the holder 61 and then a short record G4 may be placed in the holder. When long records are to be stored the filler '(33 is re moved or omitted. An attaching-plate 65 is secured to the outer face of the holder 61 at itsupper end, andbearings 66 and 67 extend upwardly from the attachingplate above the upper'edge of the holder (S1. A latch for holding the records in the holder is formed ci spring-wire, and comprises the parallel arms 68 and 69, the coil 70 and the pintles 71 and 72. The latch is mounted with the pintles 71 and 72 in the bearings 66- and. 67. Notches 73 and 74 are formed laterally at the inner sides ot the bearings icc GG and 67 so that when the latch is swung inwardly and down to a horizontal position the tension of the coil 70 Will force the arms merous other changes might be made, andr I do not wish to limit myself to any ofthe exact details shown and described.

I claim: A 1. A cabinet for phonograph records comprising record -holder movably mounted, each record-holder consisting of a support to receive the record, a spring upon the -outer endyto hold the record, and a sprin upon the inner end to press the recor against the first spring.

2. In a cabinet for phonograph records, a beltmounted upon rollers, slats attached v/ to the belt, phonograph record-holders secured to the slats, a bar' yieldingly mounted upon the inner face of the ends of the cabinet, and Yrollers upon the bar to engage in the' notches between the'slats and yieldingly hold the slats in different positions.`

`3. In a cabinety for phonograph records,

a belt mounted upon rollers, slats carried` by the belt, phonograph record-holders'cary ried by the. slats, and rollers yieldingly mounted to engage the ends of the slats and steady the belt.y

4. In a cabinet for phonograph records,

'a case, rollers mounted in the case, a belt upon the rollers, slats carried by the belt, phonograph record-holders carried by the slats, steadying-rollers mounted upon the frame to engage the ends of the slats between the main rollers levers. pivotally mounted, springs for operating the levers, and stcadying-rollers carried by the levers to yieldingly engage the slats in opposition to the first steadying-rollers.

5. Ina cabinet for phonograph records, aV phonograph record-holder comprisingr a support attached to a base, means for holding the record upon 'the support, Ways for holding the base, and a belt for carrying the Ways.

- 6. In a cabinet for phonograph records, a

belt mounted upon rollers, metallic slats carried by the belt, Ways carried by the slats, and phonograph record-holders mounted in the Ways.

7. A cabinet for phonograph records,fsaid cabinet comprising a case, rollers at the top and bottom of-the case, an endless flexible belt extendin from roller to roller, slats mounted on tie belt in parallelism to and slightly spaced apart from one another.` alon the belt, record-holders secured to the s ats, and means acting to prevent late eral vibration of the belt so as to hold the record-holders substantially in true parallelism to one another.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand vat Los Angeles, California, this 24th day yor' September, 1908.

GEO. B. SHAFFER.

In presence of-n J A'Mns R. ToWNsEND, M. BEULAH TowNsnNn. 

